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by Cliff Rold - Who is Danny Garcia?
Is he the underdog who put on a show in upsetting Lucas Matthysse to establish his place as the leader at Jr. Welterweight? Or is he the guy with the right people around him to keep an undefeated mark when it looked lost a couple of times?
Like most top fighters, Garcia probably isn’t quite as good as his best night or as vulnerable as his worst. In two of three fights since the Matthysse win, there were sizable populations of viewers who saw him losing to Mauricio Herrera and Lamont Peterson. In between, he blew out Rod Salka in one of the worst mismatches to main event a premium cable network this decade.
If nothing else, right now Garcia looks like a guy who lost all the momentum the Matthysse win seemed to give him. A win alone this Saturday probably does little to recapture it. After consecutive catchweight contests, Garcia is tackling the Welterweight division fully against former titlist Paulie Malignaggi.
The name is recognizable. Malignaggi’s last outing colors the contest. Inactive since an April 2014 beating at the hands of Shawn Porter, Malignaggi will be assumed by many to be a spent, older fighter. The tricky New Yorker has fooled before, creating two quandaries for Garcia:
Can he win, and can he look good doing it?
The answers provided Saturday (ESPN, 9 PM EST/6 PM PST) will go a long way towards determining who the fans think Garcia is in any future endeavors. [Click Here To Read More]
Is he the underdog who put on a show in upsetting Lucas Matthysse to establish his place as the leader at Jr. Welterweight? Or is he the guy with the right people around him to keep an undefeated mark when it looked lost a couple of times?
Like most top fighters, Garcia probably isn’t quite as good as his best night or as vulnerable as his worst. In two of three fights since the Matthysse win, there were sizable populations of viewers who saw him losing to Mauricio Herrera and Lamont Peterson. In between, he blew out Rod Salka in one of the worst mismatches to main event a premium cable network this decade.
If nothing else, right now Garcia looks like a guy who lost all the momentum the Matthysse win seemed to give him. A win alone this Saturday probably does little to recapture it. After consecutive catchweight contests, Garcia is tackling the Welterweight division fully against former titlist Paulie Malignaggi.
The name is recognizable. Malignaggi’s last outing colors the contest. Inactive since an April 2014 beating at the hands of Shawn Porter, Malignaggi will be assumed by many to be a spent, older fighter. The tricky New Yorker has fooled before, creating two quandaries for Garcia:
Can he win, and can he look good doing it?
The answers provided Saturday (ESPN, 9 PM EST/6 PM PST) will go a long way towards determining who the fans think Garcia is in any future endeavors. [Click Here To Read More]
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